JACKSON – A state medical examiner has informed officials at Odom
Correctional Institution that a body recovered Friday evening from the Roanoke
Rover is an inmate who escaped from the prison May 15.

Charles Hill, superintendent at Odom, said he received notification from the
medical examiner’s office in Chapel Hill this morning that the body is that of
Gustavo Giraldo. The medical examiner’s office will not release a cause of
death until an autopsy is completed.

Giraldo, 27, had been serving a life sentence for first-degree murder at the
time of the escape. Giraldo’s body was discovered by a fisherman at
approximately 3 p.m. Friday and the body was removed from the river at 6:55 p.m.
Friday.